2014年8月30日 星期六

2014-08-31 Singapore Science

  AsiaOne   
S'porean lawyer set for space trip  AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - As a young boy, he grew up on a diet of cartoons like Astro Boy, which featured characters in space. He harboured the childhood fantasy of going into space one day. That will soon turn into a flight of fancy for lawyer Simon Tan (right).
Co-pilot a space shuttle for RM316,086   The Star Online
Calling Singapore space travellers   THE BUSINESS TIMES (subscription)
Ticket sales for commercial space flights launched in Singapore   Channel News Asia
The Straits Times   
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  Reuters   
Iceland's Latest Volcanic Eruption Has Airlines Nervous. Here's Why ...  Huffington Post
At 118 miles long and 15 miles wide, Bardarbunga is Iceland's largest volcanic system, so an eruption could have profound implications for air travel in the region, particularly if the volcano emits a large ash cloud. The land of fire and ice, it seems, is no place ...

Large Earthquake Strikes Icelandic Volcano Site   Sky News
Large earthquake hits Icelandic volcano   Irish Times
Quake hits Iceland volcano, no sign of fresh eruption   Business Recorder
NBCNews.com   
Irish Independent   
The Guardian Nigeria   
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  National Geographic   
Dramatic PNG volcano quietens  Jakarta Post
A volcano that has erupted in Papua New Guinea was Saturday spewing fragments from its crater and rumbling loudly, but its activity appeared to be subsiding, a seismologist said. Mount Tavurvur, which destroyed the town of Rabaul when it erupted ...

There's Two Volcanoes Erupting In The World Right Now   MTV.com
Your week in pictures   BBC News
Volcanic Eruption in Papua New Guinea Causes Flight Diversions   Boston.com
Stuff.co.nz   
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  Live Trading News   
Changing How America Farms And Eats  Live Trading News
Nearly 1-B people go hungry each day, while more than 34% of the US population is considered obese. That these realities can exist simultaneously shows that our food system needs to be fixed, and soon. Food advocates, chefs, businesses, and eaters must ...

Food for Tomorrow   The Women's International Perspective

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Lake Argyle in Western Australia's remote Kimberley earmarked for future ...  Yahoo Singapore News
Join community activities and reach out to others who have newly arrived in Singapore, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan to new citizens on Saturday.

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  ABC News   
Sinkhole that proved popular at Corvette Museum will be filled  Reuters
Aug 30 (Reuters) - A sinkhole that swallowed eight cars inside the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky will be filled even though it has become a tourist attraction that sharply increased attendance and revenue, the museum's board decided on Saturday.
Sinkhole swallowed eight corvettes, museum will fill sinkhole after all   wtvr.com
Corvette museum decides to fill giant sinkhole   Delhi Daily News
The Corvette Museum Will Fill Up The Entire Sinkhole After All   Jalopnik
Capital OTC   
UPI.com   
WBIR-TV   
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  NorthJersey.com   
Century-old extinction of the passenger pigeon still a cautionary tale  NorthJersey.com
Passenger pigeons once ruled America's skies, sweeping across the landscape in such breathtakingly large flocks that they obscured the sun for hours, even days. When they roosted in trees, there were so many birds that the branches of oaks splintered and ...

Lessons from extinction   Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Learn about the extinct passenger pigeon at Museum Day   Anniston Star
Extinction of Passenger Pigeons: Message of 'Marta' on September 1   WallStreet OTC
Maine News Online   
Kansas.com   
Janesville Gazette   
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  Toronto Star   
Paleo-Eskimos first inhabitants of the Arctic Region  Chinatopix
Paleo-Eskimos were cemented in history as the first people in the Arctic region by researchers looking for the people who first lived in the cold regional parts. Eske Willerlsey from the Natural History Museum said that Paleo-Eskimos represent a single group ...

New DNA research sheds light on mysterious 'Paleo-Eskimo' disappearance   Examiner.com
Mystery Of Paleo-Eskimos, The 'Hobbits' Of The Arctic Who Vanished 700 Years ...   International Business Times
Paleo-Eskimos First People to Inhabit Canadian Arctic: DNA Study   Maine News Online
Capital OTC   
Northern Voices Online   
iStreet Research   
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  Viral Global News   
Gene adaptation led to domestication of wild rabbits  Delhi Daily News
Researchers at the University of Montana have conducted a gene analysis and found that wild rabbits became domesticated as a result of natural gene adaptation. Researchers said that the domestication became possible by genes that alter the development ...

Study Finds Genetic Evolution of Domesticated Rabbits   Design & Trend
Rabbit Genes Show How Wild Animals Become Tame   The Escapist
Genes played Important Role in Domestication of Rabbit   Uncover California
Upstart Magazine   
Dumb-Out   
Northern Voices Online   
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